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Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tesla-collision-20180529-story.html ^ | 5/29/2018 | BRITTNY MEJIA

Posted on 05/29/2018 4:23:39 PM PDT by dragnet2

A Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode crashed into a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The collision happened at 11:07 a.m. at 20652 Laguna Canyon Road, according to Laguna Police Sgt. Jim Cota. The officer was not in the cruiser at the time of the crash. The Tesla driver suffered minor injuries, but refused transportation to the hospital.

“Thankfully there was not an officer at the time in the police car,” Cota said. “The police car is totaled.”

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To: dragnet2

One more free billion from the taxpayers and Saint Elon will get it right.


21 posted on 05/29/2018 4:39:34 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorableo)
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To: dragnet2

Looks like autonomous road rage against The Man. Right On!, Elon...


22 posted on 05/29/2018 4:40:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EEGator

If it has chips, it can be droned.


23 posted on 05/29/2018 4:40:47 PM PDT by txhurl (World War Q)
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To: Kickass Conservative

The Moron in the Tesla was using autopilot on the part of Laguna Canyon Road South of the Toll Road? The traffic down there is ridiculous. What a Maroon.

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Not only that but cars are parked on the side of the road. People with lane assist in other makes of cars say that the lane markings in that area tend to steer the lane assist to the right toward the parked cars. Autopilot should not be used on that road. Driver error in this case.


24 posted on 05/29/2018 4:43:28 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: dragnet2

All self-driving cars should be Smart Cars or smaller


25 posted on 05/29/2018 4:43:38 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Moonman62

Like what? The highway in that area is fairly straight, slightly curvy, but otherwise no different than any other divided highway.


26 posted on 05/29/2018 4:43:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: txhurl

If you’re talking about the pedestrian killed in Tempe by the Uber car, the car had the right of way.


27 posted on 05/29/2018 4:45:09 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62
Not only that but cars are parked on the side of the road.

So when cars are parked on the side of the highway, that's a big no no in a driverless car? Wow..

28 posted on 05/29/2018 4:45:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

The autopilot technology is amazing and some of it may even be better than a good deal of human drivers.

That said, it is going to have to be (provably) way better than human drivers before it will be successful. And it will have to work in any condition - or at the very least determine when it is unable to continue and safely stop and park the car.

If it requires the driver to stay alert, keep their hands on the wheel, and pay attention the whole time, then it is really almost useless. The idea that someone can sit there and keep paying attention while not having to do anything for extended periods of time is ridiculous. It is much harder to sit there and pay attention when you aren’t having to actually control the car than when you are.

Until it is almost flawless (at least provably better than a human) the accident lawyers will ensure that it is not successful in practice.


29 posted on 05/29/2018 4:45:56 PM PDT by sipow
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To: dragnet2

So Driver Error will be the scapegoat for murderous AI vehicles. Since you can’t take AI to court.


30 posted on 05/29/2018 4:46:23 PM PDT by txhurl (World War Q)
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To: Moonman62; txhurl

Then why did the driverless car company settle for big dollars?


31 posted on 05/29/2018 4:46:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Highways don’t have parking spots on the side. They also don’t have turn lanes in the median, and they don’t have intersections, at least not highways where Autopilot is only supposed to be used.


32 posted on 05/29/2018 4:47:01 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: sipow

The idea that someone can sit there and keep paying attention while not having to do anything for extended periods of time is ridiculous.


Oh, no, we’ve called it the Back Seat Driver since the 50s.


33 posted on 05/29/2018 4:48:52 PM PDT by txhurl (World War Q)
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To: dragnet2

Self-driving cars, what could go wrong?


34 posted on 05/29/2018 4:49:33 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: dragnet2

Then why did the driverless car company settle for big dollars?

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How do you know it was for big dollars?

Did Uber admit fault or did they settle for the same reasons that many businesses settle out of court?


35 posted on 05/29/2018 4:49:57 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Kickass Conservative
I have a funny feeling that the Driver is blaming autopilot when he was actually in control of the Car

I have a feeling that the driver wasn't even in control of himself. Dave? Dave's not here, man.

36 posted on 05/29/2018 4:51:24 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Moonman62
So, where would a driverless car drive if it can't drive on a roadh that has parked vehicles? ?? Just stay on the freeway huh? But in LA, ya got parked cars on both side of your on most of the freeways, 10 hours per day. ☺
37 posted on 05/29/2018 4:52:02 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I doubt that I'll ever trust any kind of automatic driving.
“Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”— Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711

38 posted on 05/29/2018 4:53:37 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Moonman62

Why would they settle at all if they were not at fault in regards to the death of the pedestrian? Don’t these companies have conga-lines of attorneys?


39 posted on 05/29/2018 4:53:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kickass Conservative

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>> “I have a funny feeling that the Driver is blaming autopilot when he was actually in control of the Car. Seems a bit fishy to me.” <<

If so, it was duly recorded in the car’s event recorder.


40 posted on 05/29/2018 4:54:05 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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